hereditary elliptocytosis
hematopoietic system disease characterized by oval or elliptical red blood cells, slight or absent hemolysis with little or no anemia; splenomegaly is often present
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Summary
hereditary elliptocytosis is a rare disease[1]. It draws 578 Wikipedia views per month (rare disease category, ranking #207 of 627).[2]
Key Facts
- Instance of: class of disease[3]
- Subclass of: hematopoietic system disease[4]
- Commons category: Hereditary elliptocytosis[5]
- Symptoms and signs: Elliptocyte[6]
- Prevalence: 0.0003[7]
- ICD-9-CM: 282.1[8]
- NCI Thesaurus ID: C35882[9]
- Health specialty: hematology[10]
- Genetic association: EPB41[11], SPTA1[12], GYPC[13], SLC4A1[14], SPTB[15]
- Age of onset: any age[16]
- Exact match: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_2373[17], http://identifiers.org/doid/DOID:2373[18], http://www.orpha.net/ORDO/Orphanet_288[19]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject Medicine[20]
- Has phenotype: hereditary elliptocytosis[21], jaundice[22], splenomegaly[23], hemolytic anemia[24], reticulocytosis[25], neonatal hyperbilirubinemia[26], exercise intolerance[27], Wikidata item[28], poikilocytosis[29], congenital hemolytic anemia[30], neonatal jaundice[31], fatigue[32], ulcer[33], gallstone disease[34]
- P14541: 2tUi51[35]
- P14914: D00288[36]
Why It Matters
hereditary elliptocytosis has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[37] It is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.[38]